Metal Mouth Message Board

Chrystal, yes, our issues are very similar, and I have a deep bite too. I looked at your photos and I can see the changes already! Lookin' good!

Hi! What is the Six Month Smiles treatment? Is it more aggressive?

Glad you like the Waterpik, I'm thinking of trying one. You are right about the electric toothbrush, it does sound & feel like a dentist drill!

Day 3 and I'm really feeling it in the front teeth, but nothing unbearable. I'm starting to hate these turbo tail things. I can't bite together to chew anything. And now that I'm not wearing my bite splint at night, I'm gnashing like crazy on these things. I woke myself up this morning to something ...

I've always believed that when things fall easily into place, it's meant to be. Good luck!

Thanks everyone! This is making a lot more sense now. I also called the ortho office today. She said that the brackets have different angles and the wires are placed in them to make the teeth do different things. For now the ortho is just aligning my teeth (which explains why the brackets look uneve...

Turbo tails! That's what she called them. Thank you! Mine are quite high and chewing is impossible. I've been using my tongue to scrape the food against my teeth. I might see if he can grind them down a bit so I can chew better. He said when I come back in 8 weeks these would come off and he'd put b...

I could use some help understanding things. I got my braces yesterday. My ortho explained things during my consult but I can't remember all of what he said. I wish I would've taken notes. My upper teeth slant in towards my tongue. Is there an orthodontic term for this? My upper front teeth were slid...

Hey Goin4it! I wondered how you were doing. So you felt no pain til the third day? I was almost disappointed today that I felt no pain. Sounds crazy but I want to FEEL that something is happening. Well, I had a dull headache and the insides of my lips are sore, but that's it. Ugh, the floss! I haven...

Hi all! I've been gone awhile trying to finish up a class I was taking. sjeanine - I get the same responses. When I tell people I'm getting braces they look at me and say "but your teeth aren't crooked" in this suspicious way. I just know they're thinking to themselves that I must be getti...

You could just explain to your coworkers that you're getting your bite corrected and leave it at that Any reasonable person won't judge you for it. There will always be the occasional small-minded person who thinks it's frivolous. I expect a few of those when I get mine in January (I'm 46). But who ...

Vancouver, BWB, Goin4it: Even today I had a moment of doubt. Do I really want to go thru 2 years of this craziness and all the expense? Reading these replies has really helped to reassure me. Goin4it, my appt is a week after yours! Hope you will post your experience. Oh man, I sure hope they make me...

Thanks Sandpiper. It's great to hear that you are getting good results!

Hi everyone, I'm 46 and never had braces before. I always thought my teeth were relatively straight except for a crooked molar in back. About 4 years ago my dentist had to patch some chips on my front teeth. He told me that my front teeth are very thin because my upper teeth impinge inward and they'...